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The phrase 'bad influence on' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when speaking of someone or something having a negative effect on someone or something else. For example: "The wrong crowd had a bad influence on him, leading him to get into trouble."
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"They're a bad influence on you" is the general gist of parental or teacher wisdom on this one.
"Happily, Gregory was a bad influence on me," Smith says.
Her real worry is Tracey's bad influence on her daughter.
Come to think of it, who is a bad influence on whom?
Perhaps this exhibition is trying to show that Rubens was a really bad influence on art.
She seems to think I'd have been a bad influence on her.
Rock music has often been cited as a bad influence on the young.
There's an evil spirit living inside, and he's having a bad influence on the girl's behavior.
The truth is that TV is a bad influence on me.
MONTCLAIR, N.J. — Paul Cézanne was a bad influence on American art.
Academic researchers, and even many parents, saw television primarily as a bad influence on children.
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